On December 30, 2002, a meeting
in this matter was held before a duly convened Subcommitteeconsisting
of Robert Clinton Clary, Jr., Esquire, Patricia B. Clary, Lay Member and Marcus
D. Minton, Esquire, presiding.

Pursuant to Part 6, Section IV,
Paragraph 13.G.4. of the Rules of the Virginia Supreme Court, the Third District
Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar hereby serves upon the Respondent the
following Public Reprimand:

I. GENERAL FINDINGS OF FACT

Dale Alan Gipe was admitted to
the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Virginia on June 3, 1977.

At all times relevant to these
proceedings, Mr. Gipe was an attorney in good standing to practice law in
the Commonwealth of Virginia.

A. VSB Docket No. 99-031-3026

Complainant: Olivia A. Neylan

A. FINDINGS OF FACT

In November 1997, Olivia A.
Neylan retained Mr. Gipe to file a bankruptcy

petition on her behalf.

Mr. Gipe agreed to file the
bankruptcy petition as soon as Ms. Neylan paid him a

fee of $400, plus $175 for filing
fees and $16 for filing a homestead deed, for a total of $591.

Ms. Neylan understood that Mr.
Gipe would file the bankruptcy petition even though he had not received
her final payment of $66, but Mr. Gipe claims that Ms. Neylan's mother told
him not to file the petition until he had received payment in full.

In April 1999, after she did
not hear anything from Mr. Gipe, Ms. Neylan unsuccessfully attempted to
contact him on numerous occasions.

She mailed Mr. Gipe her final
payment of $66 on April 29, 1999, but the letter was returned to her marked
"Attempted Unknown" in late May 1999.

Ms. Neylan filed a complaint
with the Virginia State Bar on or about June 1, 1999, alleging that he had
accepted fees for services that he had failed to perform.

After speaking with a Virginia
State Bar investigator on August 25, 1999, Mr. Gipe agreed to contact Ms.
Neylan and file the bankruptcy petition by August 30th.

When Ms. Neylan reported that
Mr. Gipe had not contacted her, the investigator called Mr. Gipe again on
August 31, 1999.

Mr. Gipe filed the bankruptcy
petition in September 1999, and the bankruptcy court granted Ms. Neylan
a Chapter 7 discharge on December 15, 1999.

B. NATURE OF MISCONDUCT

DR 6-101. Competence
and Promptness.

(B) A lawyer shall attend promptly
to matters undertaken for a client until completed or until the lawyer has properly
and completely withdrawn from representing the client.

(C) A lawyer shall keep a client
reasonably informed about matters in which the lawyer's services are being rendered.

(D) A lawyer shall inform his client
of facts pertinent to the matter and of communications from another party that
may significantly affect settlement or resolution of the matter.

VSB Docket No. 02-031-1879

Complainant: Grace Sayer

A. FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Mr. Gipe was the settlement agent
for the closing on a home in Virginia that the complainant, Grace Sayer, and
her husband sold in order to purchase a home in Florida.

The closing on the Virginia property
was scheduled for December 17, 2001, in Virginia; the closing on the Florida
property was scheduled for December 18, 2001 in Florida

Mr. Gipe's paralegal, Karen Taylor,
assured the Sayers' closing attorney in Florida that the settlement proceeds
would be wired to the Sayers in Florida immediately after the sale was closed
and the deed was recorded in Virginia.

The recording of the deed and
wiring of the sales proceeds were delayed because the closing did not take
place until after 6:00 p.m. on December 17, 2001.

Ms. Taylor left Mr. Gipe's office
before the finished signing all of the closing documents on December 17th
and did not report for work on December 18th.

On December 18th,
Mr. Gipe's temporary receptionist failed to hand him a message indicating
that it was urgent that he wire the settlement proceeds to the Sayers.

Ms. Taylor also failed to report
for work on December 19th.

Only after Ms. Sayers spoke to
Mr. Gipe's other paralegal, Paige Frank, were funds sent by overnight express
to the Sayers' closing attorney in Florida, finally arriving about 10:30 a.m.
on December 20th.

The delayed closings caused the
Sayers considerable hardship and distress.

B. NATURE OF MISCONDUCT

RULE 1.3 Diligence

A lawyer shall act with reasonable
diligence and promptness in representing a client.

* * *

RULE 5.3 Responsibilities
Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants

With respect to a nonlawyer employed
or retained by or associated with a lawyer:

* * *

A lawyer having direct supervisory
authority over the nonlawyer shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that
the person's conduct is compatible with the professional obligations of the
lawyer;

* * *

VSB Docket No. 02-031-3666

Complainant: Walter A. Wilson,
III

A. FINDINGS OF FACT

Karen Taylor, a paralegal in
Mr. Gipe's office, handled title searches, and recording deeds and deeds
of trust, for Bellwood Credit Union.

On or about May 31, 2002, it
was reported to the Virginia State Bar that on May 30, 2000, a title agent
overheard Mr. Gipe say in a court record room, among other things, that
one of his employees had delayed recording a number of deeds.

When interviewed by a bar investigator
on June 3, 2002, Mr. Gipe admitted that he had known there were problems
with Ms. Taylor not recording a number of deeds or deeds of trust based
upon his review of the files and communications from Branch White, a Bellwood
Credit Union employee.

Ms. Taylor took a vacation after
the problems came to Mr. Gipe's attention, and Mr. Gipe's son, who worked
as an assistant in his father's office, searched a file cabinet drawer labeled
Bellwood in Ms. Taylor's office but was unable to locate the files in which
deeds of deeds of trust had not been recorded.

According to Mr. Gipe, when
Ms. Taylor returned from vacation, the files mysteriously reappeared, and
Ms. Taylor claimed that they were in the Bellwood drawer all along.

Ms. Taylor admits that she did
not record certain deeds or deeds of trust as she should have but claims
that she was overworked.

Mr. Gipe identified thirty-two
files in which deeds or deeds of trust that had not been recorded and arranged
for the deeds and deeds of trust to be recorded.

Ms. Taylor is no longer employed
by Mr. Gipe.

B. NATURE OF MISCONDUCT

RULE 1.3 Diligence

A lawyer shall act with reasonable
diligence and promptness in representing a client.

* * *

RULE 5.3 Responsibilities
Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants

With respect to a nonlawyer employed
or retained by or associated with a lawyer:

* * *

a lawyer having direct supervisory
authority over the nonlawyer shall make reasonable

efforts to ensure that the person's
conduct is compatible with the professional obligations

of the lawyer; . . .

C. PUBLIC REPRIMAND

Accordingly, it is the decision
of the subcommittee to impose a Public Reprimand and the Respondent is hereby
so reprimanded.

THIRD DISTRICT SUBCOMMITTEE

OF THE VIRGINIA STATE BAR

By_______________________________

Marcus D. Minton

Subcommittee Chair

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have this _____
day of ______________________, 2003, mailed by Certified Mail, Return Receipt
Requested, a true and correct copy of the Subcommittee Determination (Public
Reprimand) to Dale Alan Gipe, the Respondent, at 3610 Marquette Road, Richmond,
Virginia 23234.

__________________________________

Barbara Ann Williams

Bar Counsel

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

CERTIFIED MAIL

RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

NO. Z 119 563 770

Dale Alan Gipe, Esquire

3610 Marquette Road

Richmond, Virginia 23234

Re: In the Matters of Dale Alan Gipe

VSB Docket Nos. 99-031-3026, 02-031-1879
and 02-031-3666

Dear Mr. Gipe:

Enclosed herein is a Subcommittee
Determination (Public Reprimand) which is being served upon you the Third District
Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar.

Please be aware that this disposition
will remain a part of your disciplinary record.

Very truly yours,

Marcus D. Minton

Subcommittee Chair

MDM/ge

Enclosure

cc: Barbara Ann Williams, Bar Counsel
(w/encl.)

Ray P. Lupold, III, Committee Chair
(w/encl.)

David Abrams, Bar Investigator (w/encl.)

Clerk of the Disciplinary System
(w/encl.)

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Walter A. Wilson, III, Esquire

581-B South Lake Boulevard

Richmond, Virginia 23236

Re: In the Matter of Dale Alan Gipe

VSB Docket No. 02-031-3666

Dear Mr. Wilson:

Enclosed is a copy of the Subcommittee
Determination (Public Reprimand) issued to Dale Alan Gipe by the Third District
Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar.

Thank you for your cooperation with
the committee in this matter.

Very truly yours,

Marcus D. Minton

Subcommittee Chair

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Enclosure

cc: Barbara Ann Williams, Bar Counsel

Ray P. Lupold, III, Committee Chair

Clerk of the Disciplinary System

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Ms. Olivia A. Neylan

1422 B. Whitesand Drive

Richmond, Virginia 23225

Re: In the Matter of Dale Alan Gipe

VSB Docket No. 99-031-3026

Dear Ms. Neylan:

Enclosed is a copy of the Subcommittee
Determination (Public Reprimand) issued to Dale Alan Gipe by the Third District
Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar.

Thank you for your cooperation with
the committee in this matter.

Very truly yours,

Marcus D. Minton

Subcommittee Chair

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Enclosure

cc: Barbara Ann Williams, Bar Counsel

Ray P. Lupold, III, Committee Chair

Clerk of the Disciplinary System

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Mrs. Grace Sayer

10258 Joanies Run

Leesburg, Florida 34788

Re: In the Matter of Dale Alan Gipe

VSB Docket No. 02-031-1879

Dear Mrs. Sayer:

Enclosed is a copy of the Subcommittee
Determination (Public Reprimand) issued to Dale Alan Gipe by the Third District
Subcommittee of the Virginia State Bar.